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Acting
September 17, 1907
September 8, 1994
Gunma, Japan
Eijirō Tōno (東野英治郎 Tōno Eijirō, 17 September 1907 – 8 September 1994) was a Japanese actor who, in a career lasting more than 50 years, appeared in over 400 television shows, nearly 250 films and numerous stage productions. He is best known in the West for his roles in films by Akira Kurosawa, such as Seven Samurai (1954) and Yojimbo (1961), and films by Yasujirō Ozu, such as Tokyo Story (1953) and An Autumn Afternoon (1962). He also appeared in Kill! by Kihachi Okamoto and Tora! Tora! Tora!, a depiction of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. His final film was Juzo Itami's A-ge-man (Tales of a Golden Geisha) in 1990. Tōno also starred as the title character in the long-running television jidaigeki series Mito Kōmon from 1969 to 1983. In the early years of his career he acted under the name of Katsuji Honjo (本庄克二).

Prime Minister
1990

1989

Kokei
1989

1988
Narration (voice)
1984

1983

1983

Self
1983

1982

1981

as Prime Minister


as Kokei

as Narration (voice)



as Self




as Shogen

as Tokugawa Mitsukuni

as Kaemon Kito


as Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President


as Keinosuke Takamatsu



as Gōji Keinosuke


as Admiral Chuici Nagumo

as Takeyunosuke Gōji

as Sanpo Sensei


as Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)


as Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)


as Nakaji, Principal

as 看守A

as Ganko (voice)

as Hyogo Moriuchi

as Kinbei Yaita




as Narrator




as Soga

as Senzo

as Kichinosuke Kawara



as Neighbor / Writer

as Marshal

as Uyu


as Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)

as Seizo



as Minister






as President Sagara

as Goheiji



as Masagorō Kisoya


as Shigesuke Hayashi



as Kosugi, president





as Yasuoka

as Haiya





as Akiharu




as Toyotomi Hideyoshi

as Goro


as Shibiku-Shosuke Hori



as Factory Worker



as Sosuke Otomo


as Sakuma, The 'Gourd'

as Li Tang


as Grandpa Yoshi

as Priest





as Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)



as Tokugawa Ieyasu

as Father




as Jinzaburô Kamo



as Genji

as Suratha

as Captain Umehara


as Policeman

as Shinzô Okui


as Sanshô Dayû (voice)




as Gonji, Tavern Keeper



as Kan'ichi




as Gonosuke Kira


as Seisaku Kajiwara



as Isuke Tsujikura



as Genkichi Miyashita


as Kansuke



as Isuke Tsujikura (President)

as Mieko's father

as Ootomo



as Saemon, Hikari's father


as Detective Kuwashima



as Hiroshi Tomizawa


as Policeman










as Mouri

as Aisawa



as Messenger


as Chamberlain


as Fugetsusai



as Kurihara


as Tomekichi the Tinker

as Chaplin san


as Oshima's father

as Keisuke kiyama

as Fugetsusai

as Gonzaemon Hoshino

as Chaplin-San


as Kansuke


as Ogushi

as Shiimbei Hayashi



as Yujiro Funaki



as Yôichi's father, Genkichi

as Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
as Takuetsu

as Tokichi Hattori

as Baiken Shishido (uncredited)

as Old man from Brazil

as Magoro Ichikawa

as Baiken Shishido


as Onizuka

as Jozo Araki


as Old man Murata



as Schoolmaster


as President Kunio

as Kidnapper



as Numata



as Suezo

as Nakamura, a policeman




as Kozo Kawai

as Jurota




as Sakichi Arakawa





as Hyôbei Sugano










as State Councillor Itô


as Yoshii



as Fumie's father

as Ippei Yamaka



as Sakuragi

as Shingo’s father


as Teacher Ogata

as Hayashida